
Michael Bates
- Recitazione
- 4 dicembre 1920 – 11 gennaio 1978 · a 57 anni
- Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Hammond Bates was an Indian-born English actor. He was educated at Uppingham School in Rutland and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Bates served as a Major serving with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Burma before his discharge at the end of World War II. In 1953, while an ensemble member with the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared in Richard III and All's Well That End's Well. In 1956 he appeared in Hotel Paradiso which starred Alec Guinness, at the Winter Garden Theatre in London. He appeared in many UK television series including Last of the Summer Wine from 1973 to 1975 as Cyril Blamire and It Ain't Half Hot Mum from 1974 to 1977 as Rangi Ram, as well as many others. His role as Rangi Ram caused some controversy as it required Bates to be made-up with fake tan to look like an Indian, which he took to naturally as he was born in India and spoke the Hindi language fluently. On radio he played a variety of characters in the BBC's long-running comedy series The Navy Lark. These were: Able Seaman Ginger, Lt. Bates, Rear Admiral Ironbridge, the Padre and Captain Ignatius Aloysius Atchison. Bates' film roles include Battle of Britain (1969) as Warrant Officer Warwick, Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) as a Lance-corporal, Patton (1970) as Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (to whom he bore a striking resemblance), Frenzy (1972) by Alfred Hitchcock, and the Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange (1971). On stage, he did Shakespeare at Stratford and the Old Vic and made a big impression as Inspector Truscott in the West End production of Loot by Joe Orton in 1966. He died of cancer in Cambridge, aged 57. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bates (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmografia48
- 1977
- 1976
- 1974
Fall of EaglesSerie TV7.0
It Ain't Half Hot MumSerie TV7.3
- 1973

Last of the Summer WineSerie TV7.2
- 1972
The Stone TapeFilm6.1
FrenzyFilm7.1
- 1971

The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesSerie TV7.5
Jason KingSerie TV7.8
BudgieSerie TV7.2
- 1970


The MisfitSerie TV9.0

- 1969

Sling Your HookFilm8.0

ITV Saturday Night TheatreSerie TV7.0
Male of the SpeciesFilm5.5
- 1968



Ooh La La!Serie TV10.0
CillaSerie TV8.0

- 1967

Man in a SuitcaseSerie TV7.2
ITV PlayhouseSerie TV7.0
- 1965
A Passage to IndiaFilm8.0
BBC Play of the MonthSerie TV5.2
Thirty-Minute TheatreSerie TV4.2
Public EyeSerie TV8.2
- 1964
- Thursday Theatre
Serie TV
The Wednesday PlaySerie TV5.2
Theatre 625Serie TV7.2
- Cluff
Serie TV
- 1962
- 1959
The Four Just MenSerie TV7.7
No Hiding PlaceSerie TV4.8

- 1958
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm7.0

IvanhoeSerie TV6.4
- 1954
Carrington V.C.Film6.2
The Stratford AdventureFilm6.2
- 1950
Sunday Night TheatreSerie TV3.5


